Pep La

For those newcomers- Pep La in Creole stands for THE PEOPLE.  That is exactly who we are working for, 6 individuals working toward the same goal- Haitian empowerment, Haitian Success. 

Recently a few of the team members travelled to the USA to work on fund raising.  Friday night we will be attending the Red Carpet Celebration of Latinos in the Media in New Mexico.  Check it out at http://www.redcarpetnm.com/  This will be a great evening to raise awareness on the situation in Haiti along with our goals for the future of Haiti. 

I have (Katie) been involved with Haiti the past seven years, making trips yearly back and forth taking mission teams to do work.  I love the people, I love the country, I love the culture and I want them to have everything that I have here in Kansas- comfort, organization, clean communities and enhanced lives.  For this to happen the people have to be educated- it is imperative for any nation to succeed for them to be educated.  Project Pep la is working toward this goal one step at a time.  At the moment we are managing a refugee camp of 20,000 individuals that lost their home in the January 12, 2010 earthquake.  In this camp we are teaching Organization, Responsibility, and communication.  We want to work on adult education courses as soon as possible-covering issues such as Haitian/African History, Leadership, Business, English, Health, Family Planning, ect.  If you are interested in coming to Haiti and helping with any projects we have going on- our doors are open and you are welcome.  If you cannot come to Haiti- but would like to help- please consider helping with a financial gift.  For one course of 1,000 adults for a month- it will cost $450.  This is simply to pay three teachers to work five days a week.  Consider sponsoring a teacher, a course, or the entire coursework of 9 months!  To the right there is a donation tab- click there to make a donation directly. 

Keep posted as we head back to Haiti October 16 to continue our work of Haitian Empowerment.